Triple Talk Trivia Quiz

Answer: Please, Please, Please

"Please, Please, Please" was James Brown's first major release in l958. The song is about a jilted lover begging his girl not to leave. The song did very well on the R&B charts reaching number six, but could only muster a #105 placing on the pop charts.

It was re-released in 1964 and fared a little better, reaching number 95 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts. Nevertheless, it sold over one million records and is listed by Rolling Stone Magazine at number 142 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" compilation.

Answer: Fun, Fun, Fun

"Fun, Fun, Fun" was a 1964 hit for The Beach Boys written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. It was allegedly written about a girl named Shirley England, who was the daughter of a California radio station owner. She borrowed her father's car to go to the library and ended up at a hamburger stand instead.

When her father found out he took away her driving privileges. Songs were much simpler then. The Beach Boys took this incident and turned it into a number five Billboard U.S. Hot 100 hit.

Answer: Dance, Dance, Dance

"Dance, Dance, Dance" was a composition written by Brian and Carl Wilson, along with Mike Love. The song was released as a single in 1964 and as an album cut in 1965. It peaked in the U.S. at number eight on the charts and was a number 24 hit in the U.K.

In addition to the Wilson brothers and Al Jardine, there were a couple of pretty famous backup musicians who took part in the recording. One was a young guitarist named Glen Campbell, and also backup up was future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Hal Blaine.

Answer: Stop! Stop! Stop!

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" was a 1966 hit for The Hollies which told the story of a young man watching an exotic dancer who enthralls him. He then gets up to dance with her on stage, and gets thrown out of the club. A distinctive banjo can be heard on the tune in the background. The song did very well for the group, peaking at number two in the U.K, and at number seven on the U.S. Billboard charts.

Answer: Music! Music! Music!

Yes it's true. "Music! Music! Music!" was actually a tune written way back in 1949 and recorded by Teresa Brewer. The song was very successful for her. It was covered by various artists during the 1950s and 1960s. The Happenings covered it in 1968 with limited success, with the song just barely making it onto the U.S. Billboard charts that year.

Answer: Turn Turn Turn

The lyrics of this song sometimes referred to as "Turn! Turn! Turn (to Everything There is a Season)" are taken right from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. The music was composed by folk singer Pete Seeger and released by him in 1962. The Byrds version was a 1965 smash hit is the most successful recording of the song, reaching number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts, and number 26 in the U.K.

Answer: Mercy! Mercy! Mercy!

"Mercy! Mercy! Mercy" was one of five straight Top 10 Billboard U.S. Hot 100 hits for the Buckinghams in 1967, the first of which was "Kind of a Drag" which was a number one tune early that year. "Mercy!" was the third of the songs reaching a peak of number five on the charts.

Answer: Yummy Yummy Yummy

The Ohio Express took "Yummy Yummy Yummy" to number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1968.It was written by Arthur Resnick and Joey Levine. Levine specialized in the bubble gum type music that had a run of popularity in the late 1960s. The song also hit the Top 10 in the U.K., Canada, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland, making it a somewhat unlikely international hit.

Answer: La La La

Bobby Sherman, one of the teen girl's heartthrobs of the late 1960s and early 1970s first appeared on the American television musical variety show "Shindig!", and then played a co-starring role on the TV show "Here Come the Brides". It was after the success of the show that Sherman also found recording success, starting with "Little Woman" in 1969.

He followed with a number of other hits, one of which was "La La La" which peaked on the Billboard charts at number nine in the U.S. and number seven in Canada.

Answer: Hi, Hi, Hi

Wings recorded "Hi Hi Hi" and released it in late 1972. The BBC in London banned the airplay of the song due to some allegedly suggestive sexual lyrics (which Paul McCartney has denied), and to the references to drug use. Quoting McCartney from a 2003 book called Beatles Off the Record, "The BBC got some of the words wrong.

But I suppose it is a bit of a dirty song if sex is dirty and naughty. I was in a sensuous mood in Spain when I wrote it." The song nevertheless did very well, hitting the number five spot in the U.K. and got as high as number ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Answer: Shame, Shame, Shame

Written by Sylvia Robinson, "Shame, Shame, Shame" was performed by Shirley and Company. It went to the top of the soul and disco charts as well as reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the U.S.

Answer: More More More

Recording under the name The Andrea True Connection, porn star Andrea True gave us "More, More, More" in 1976. The song was recorded in Jamaica and was originally released only to discos. The wide popularity of the song convinced the record company to release it as a full fledged single.

It became an international hit, reaching number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts, as well as number five in the U.K.

Answer: Money, Money, Money

"Money, Money, Money" was a 1976 worldwide super hit for ABBA. Written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, it was the follow-up tune to the immensely successful "Dancing Queen". It became a Top 10 hit in 13 countries around the world, reaching number one in seven of them. Curiously, it was not well received in the U.S. and only managed to get as high as number 56 on the U.S. Billboard charts.

Answer: Say Say Say

"Say Say Say" was McCartney's second collaboration with Michael Jackson. They had previously hit with "The Girl Is Mine" in 1982. "Say Say Say" was a top 10 song in 10 countries, reaching number one in the U.S. and number two in the U.K. in 1983. It was co-written by McCartney and Jackson, and produced by George Martin.

They also made a successful music video for the song in which they impersonated two con artists. Interestingly, the National Coalition of Television Violence classified the music video as "too violent to be aired". McCartney and Jackson violent?

Answer: Hot Hot Hot

Buster Poindexter (David Johansen) covered this dance hit, which was originally recorded by an artist called Arrow in the U.K., and made it into a 1987 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 tune, peaking at number 45. It has since become a staple on many cruise ships and it is very tough to hear this song and not get with the beat.

It has become Poindexter's signature song, and is also used as the opening song for Jimmy Buffett when he appears in concert.